Encyclopaedia londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature : comprehending, under one general alphabetical arrangement, all the words and substance of every kind of dictionary extant in the English language : in which the improved departments of the mechanical arts, the liberal sciences, the higher mathematics, and the several branches of polite literature, are selected from the acts, memoirs, and transactions, of the most eminent literary societies, in Europe, Asia, and America : forming a comprehensive view of the rise, progress, and present state, of human learning in every part of the world : embellished by a most magnificent set of copper-plate engravings ...
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Encyclopaedia londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature : comprehending, under one general alphabetical arrangement, all the words and substance of every kind of dictionary extant in the English language : in which the improved departments of the mechanical arts, the liberal sciences, the higher mathematics, and the several branches of polite literature, are selected from the acts, memoirs, and transactions, of the most eminent literary societies, in Europe, Asia, and America : forming a comprehensive view of the rise, progress, and present state, of human learning in every part of the world : embellished by a most magnificent set of copper-plate engravings ...
- by
- Wilkes, John, of Milland House; Jones, John, 1766-1821; Jones, G; Chapman, John, fl. 1792-1823, engraver; Pass, J., engraver; Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner. DSI; Roper, Clyde F. E., 1937- , donor. DSI
- Publication date
- 1810
- Publisher
- London : Printed for the proprietor, by J. Adlard ..., sold at the Encyclopaedia Office ... by J. White ... and Champante and Whitrow ...
- Collection
- biodiversity; americana
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Language
- English
- Volume
- v.5 (1810) [Conchology only]
- Item Size
- 138.0M
Vols. 1-22 edited by J. Jones; v. 23-24 edited by G. Jones
Published in parts and sold by subscription
Imprint of v. 15-20 varies slightly; v. 21-24 have imprint: Printed for G. Jones at the Encyclopaedia office
Plates signed by various artists and engravers, including J. Chapman and J. Pass, among others
Text in double columns
Each v. includes indexes to the major articles featured in it
Errors in paging
BM
extracted picklist
The SCDIRB copy has its leaves of plates distributed throughout the set
Vol. 7 of the SCDIRB copy has three old photographs laid in: two scenes of an unidentified family posing in front of a cottage and one picture of geese in front of a stone wall
The SCDIRB copy is imperfect: p. 25-26 of v. 1 wanting; numerous leaves of plates appear to be wanting
The SCDIRB copy has stamp on t.p.'s: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Swales Collection; accession no.: 254266 (includes all 24 v.)
The SCDIRB copy is bound in green buckram
SCNHRB (formerly MOLLRB) has v. 5 (conchology; 39088006359020) only, with hand-colored illustrations
The SCNHRB (formerly MOLLRB) copy formerly belonged to S. Stillman Berry (from his bequest) and was given to SIL by Clyde Roper
SCDIRB copy imperfect?: v. 21 wanting?
Published in parts and sold by subscription
Imprint of v. 15-20 varies slightly; v. 21-24 have imprint: Printed for G. Jones at the Encyclopaedia office
Plates signed by various artists and engravers, including J. Chapman and J. Pass, among others
Text in double columns
Each v. includes indexes to the major articles featured in it
Errors in paging
BM
extracted picklist
The SCDIRB copy has its leaves of plates distributed throughout the set
Vol. 7 of the SCDIRB copy has three old photographs laid in: two scenes of an unidentified family posing in front of a cottage and one picture of geese in front of a stone wall
The SCDIRB copy is imperfect: p. 25-26 of v. 1 wanting; numerous leaves of plates appear to be wanting
The SCDIRB copy has stamp on t.p.'s: Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum, Swales Collection; accession no.: 254266 (includes all 24 v.)
The SCDIRB copy is bound in green buckram
SCNHRB (formerly MOLLRB) has v. 5 (conchology; 39088006359020) only, with hand-colored illustrations
The SCNHRB (formerly MOLLRB) copy formerly belonged to S. Stillman Berry (from his bequest) and was given to SIL by Clyde Roper
SCDIRB copy imperfect?: v. 21 wanting?
Notes
Cullman Library (rare book)
- Addeddate
- 2009-07-31 14:40:24
- Associated-names
- Wilkes, John, of Milland House; Jones, John, 1766-1821; Jones, G; Chapman, John, fl. 1792-1823, engraver; Pass, J., engraver; Berry, S. Stillman (Samuel Stillman), 1887-1984, former owner; Roper, Clyde F. E., 1937- , donor
- Call number
- 39088006359020
- Camera
- Canon 5D
- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:1044628985
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- 0
- Identifier
- encyclopaedialon15wilk
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- Identifier-bib
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- Openlibrary_edition
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- Pages
- 78
- Pdf_module_version
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- Ppi
- 300
- References
- BM v. 61, col. 621
- Scandate
- 20090731164416
- Scanner
- scribe1.washingtondc.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- washingtondc
- Title_id
- 384403
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 8363202
- Year
- 1810
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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